Neurocritical care monitoring / / editors, Chad M. Miller, Michel T. Torbey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814916003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : demosMEDICAL, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-61705-188-8; 9781620700259
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 616.8/0428
• Soggetti: Neurological intensive care; Central nervous system - Diseases - Diagnosis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Share Neurocritical Care Monitoring; Chapter 1: Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Introduction; Intracranial Pressure; Physiology of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Initiation of an Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device; ICP Thresholds; Cerebral Perfusion Threshold; Intracranial Pressure Waveforms (Lundeberg Pathological Waves); Duration of Monitoring; Types of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Devices; External Ventricular Drain EVD; Anatomy and Placement; Intraparenchymal Intracranial Pressure Monitor; Subarachnoid Intracranial Pressure MonitorEpidural Intracranial Pressure Monitors; Lumbar Catheter Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Additional Concerns With Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Devices; Critical Care Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure; General Measures; Specific Measures; References; Chapter 2: Transcranial Doppler Monitoring; Introduction; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Detection of Vasospasm; Technical Aspects of Transcranial Doppler; Middle Cerebral Artery Vasospasm; Anterior Cerebral Artery Vasospasm; Internal Carotid Artery Vasospasm; Vertebral and Basilar Arteries VasospasmComplete TCD Examination with Lindegaard Ratio Determination; Distal Vasospasm Detection by ; TCD; Transcranial Doppler in Traumatic Brain Injury: Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure; Brain Death; Acute Ischemic Stroke and Monitoring of Recanalization; Monitoring for Emboli; Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenting; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Continuous EEG Monitoring; Introduction; EEG Techniques and Uses in the Intensive Care Unit; Quantitative EEG; Automated Seizure Detection; Depth and Surface EEG Recording with Multimodality MonitoringEEG Applications; Subclinical Seizures and Status Epilepticus; Metabolic and Infectious Encephalopathies; Traumatic Brain Injury; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Detection of Vasospasm; Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Ischemic Stroke; Post-Cardiac Arrest; Postoperative Patients; References; Chapter 4: Cerebral Oxygenation; Introduction; Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring; Techniques; Placement; Interpretation and Clinical Utility; Effect of Hypoxia on Outcome; ICP-Guided Therapy Versus PbtO2-Guided Therapy; Other Potential Clinical Applications for PbtO2 MonitoringTherapeutic Strategies; Jugular Bulb Oximetry; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; References; Chapter 5: Brain Tissue Perfusion Monitoring; Introduction; Types of Monitors Available for Brain Tissue Perfusion Assessment; Literature Supporting Cerebral Perfusion Monitoring; Pathophysiology; Clinical Aspects of Monitoring Brain Tissue Perfusion; Which Patients Would Benefit From Monitoring?; Placement of Thermal Diffusion Monitors; What Are the Conventionally Accepted Monitoring Thresholds That Should Prompt Clinical Intervention?; Summary; References